UChicago Medicine earns 12th consecutive ‘A’ in patient safety
The University of Chicago Medicine earned its 12th consecutive “A” in patient safety from The Leapfrog Group, a prominent hospital-watchdog organization. [Read more]
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Online course brings Spanish-language neurocritical care training to Latin America
Intensive care specialists at UChicago Medicine are working on online training courses in Spanish to bring neurocritical care training to Latin America. [Read more]
UChicago Medicine collaborates with Google to use machine learning for better health care
UChicago Medicine and Google are building predictive models that could prevent unplanned hospital readmissions, avoid costly complications, and save lives. [Read more]
How tracking stats like a baseball manager can improve CPR success rates in the hospital
In a nationwide survey of hospitals, Dana Edelson, MD, found big differences in how standard CPR practices are monitored for improvement. [Read more]
Inaugural Winners in the University of Chicago Medicine Innovations Grant Program
The first two awards under the University of Chicago Medicine's new $100,000 UCM Innovations Grant Program were presented at May's 9th Annual Quality and Safety Symposium. [Read more]
David Meltzer Wins Excellence In Mentoring Award
Meltzer, associate professor of medicine and chief, Section of Hospital Medicine, has received the 2014 John M. Eisenberg Excellence in Mentoring Award by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. [Read more]
Nurses Help Investigate Alternatives To X-Ray Verification Of Feeding Tubes In Pediatrics
Nurses at Comer Children's Hospital are helping find a better way to make sure feeding tubes are inserted properly without using x-rays. [Read more]
Insult to Injury: How a Common Practice to Prevent Pneumonia in Patients on Ventilation May Not Be Helping
A common antiseptic used to prevent pneumonia in patients on mechanical ventilation has no benefit for objective patient outcomes. [Read more]
No Senioritis Here: Pritzker Senior Scientific Session 2012
By Rob Mitchum As the weather warms and the flowers bloom in Chicago, it’s a sign that convocation and various other end-of-the-year events are approaching. One springtime tradition for the Pritzker School of Medicine is the annual Senior [Read more]
Medical Ethics Summer School
It has been a couple months since the end of the spring quarter, and the with it the end of many of the Medical Center’s weekly lecture series. But a recent batch of videos posted to the website of the MacLean Center for Medical Ethics brought [Read more]